Chaitra Krishna 4, Vik. Samvat 2077, Yugabda 5122 : 1 April, 2021: SM 3001 (For Private Circulation only)
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4. "SANGH AND SWAYAMSEVAKS TO WORK TOWARDS INCULCATING FAMILY VALUES…." - DATTATREYA HOSABALE |
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6. HINDU COMMUNITY OPENS THEIR HOMES AND TEMPLES TO HELP AND SUPPORT FLOOD AFFECTED PEOPLE IN SYDNEY |
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ABPS2021 - RESOLUTION 2: Bharat stands as ‘One’ against Covid -19 Pandemic |
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1. FESTIVALS:
CHAITRA SHUKLA PRATIPADA: Chaitra Shukla Pratipada – Yugabda 5123, (13th
April this year) is the beginning of Hindu new year. In various parts of Bharat,
it is called as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi/Chaitra Sukhladi in Andhra and
Telangana, Cheti Chand by Sindhi community etc. It is also the day of Sant
Jhulelal Jayanti.
2. RSS ELECTED NEW SARKARYAVAH SHRI DATTATREYA HOSABALE: The election for the post of Sarkaryavah of RSS was held during its Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha ABPS held at Bengaluru on 19-20th March. Dattatreya Hosabale, popularly known as Datta ji was unanimously elected for next 3 years as Sarkaryavah. He is from a small village Hosabale of Soraba Taluk in Shivamogga district of Karnataka. Hailing from a Sangh family, he joined RSS in 1968 and then the student organization ABVP in 1972. He became a full-time worker of ABVP in 1978 after completing his MA in English Literature. He was General Secretary of ABVP for 15 years.
He was also the founding editor of Aseema, a Kannada monthly. He became Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Baudhik Pramukh of RSS in 2004. He is fluent in Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil and Sanskrit.
Widely travelled, Hosabale was also the mentor of organizational activities of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh in the USA and UK. -GoTop
3. RSS ANNOUNCES NEW ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale announced certain changes in the RSS Akhil Bharatiya karyakari Mandal during the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha 2021. Former Sarkaryavah Shri Suresh Bhayyaji Joshi is now a member of Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal. Shri Suresh Soni, Bhagaiah ji and Ram Madhavji are also members of Karyakari Mandal.
RSS National team – 2021
Sarsanghachalak - Dr. Mohan
Bhagwat;
Sarkaryavah - Dattatreya Hosabale;
Sah Sarkaryavah – Dr. Man Mohan Vaidya, Krishna Gopal, Mukunda C. R.,
Arun Kumar, Ram Dutt Chakradhar;
Shareerik Pramukh - Sunil Kulkarni;
Sah Shareerik Pramukh - Jagadish Prasad;
Boudhik Pramukh - Swanth Ranjan;
Sah Boudhik Pramukh - Sunil Bhai Mehta;
Seva Pramukh - Parag Abhyankar;
Sah Seva Pramukh - Rajkumar Matale;
Sampark Pramukh - Ramlal;
Sah Sampark Pramukh - Ramesh Pappa, Sunil Deshpande;
Prachar Pramukh - Sunil Ambekar;
Sah Prachar Pramukh - Narendra Thakur, Alok Kumar -GoTop
4. "SANGH AND SWAYAMSEVAKS TO WORK TOWARDS INCULCATING
FAMILY VALUES…." - DATTATREYA HOSABALE: Addressing a press conference on
20th March at Jan Seva Vidya Kendra Bengaluru, RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale said that the organization will work towards inculcating family values,
environmental issues and social harmony.
Informing the media about the presence of Sangh in the country, the Sarkaryavah said that shakhas are present at 34,569 locations in the country. 18,500 weekly assemblies (Milans) are happening across the country. A total of 55652 daily shakhas are happening. RSS shakhas have presence in 58,542 mandals and in 5,505 in khands/developmental blocks in the country. He also added that Sangh will work in the cultural and other aspects in the next few years. RSS will work towards uniting the entire society by resolving all differences. RSS will also work toward Gram Vikas to ameliorate our villages. It will work with many other organizations and trusts to improve the quality of the soil as the quality of the soil is going down due to various reasons. Bharat has a narrative of its own and has a unique civilizational wisdom that cannot be wished away. This along with its civilizational experience and its achievements have to be conveyed to the world and the next generation. An intellectual campaign towards this will be taken up by the RSS in the next 3 years. We expect cooperation from the society and people of the country. -GoTop
5. MA. CHAMANLAL JI BIRTH CENTENARY PROGRAM: Birth centenary of veteran pracharak and pioneer of Vishwa Vibhag work Shri Chamanlalji was celebrated throughout the year by organizing webinars in different countries. Swayamsevaks and people from various walks of Hindu diaspora and others shared their memories about him in the programs held in countries like USA, Kenya, Australia, Thailand, Nepal, Myanmar etc.
6. HINDU COMMUNITY OPENS THEIR HOMES AND TEMPLES TO HELP AND SUPPORT FLOOD AFFECTED PEOPLE IN SYDNEY: Several Hindu families and organizations assisted the families affected by the worst floods in Sydney during the last week of March.
Suresh Chandra, President of Arya Samaj Temple said, “Our temple is inundated in flooding but our spirits of helping the community can never be drowned. Our temple community is ready to help and support anyone who needs shelter or food in case they had to leave their homes.”
Vishwa Hindu Parishad volunteers and Hindu Social Services Foundation worked closely with emergency relief services to provide food and accommodation.
VHP Australia said – we monitoring the situation and our members are ready to act on the directions of the authorities where ever required. -GoTop
7. HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH (HSS) WORLD WIDE ACTIVITIES: HSS Dallas-Fortwort: Anand and Vijay Shakhas joined ‘Keep Irving Beautiful’ program from City of Irving. Under this program they adopted patch of Riverside Drive along with adjoining ‘Spring Trail Park’. Swayamsevaks and sevikas from both shakhas did the cleanup in the park. This will be a recurring Sewa activity and will happen once every month.
8. FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION: The Indianapolis chapter of Sewa International USA, arranged a "Farmers to Families Food Box" distribution drive at the HTCI Hindu Mandir on 13th March. Over 45000 lbs. of USDA fresh produce and dairy products from a refrigerated semi-truck in 1300 boxes were distributed to the needy families and communities on the eastern part of Indianapolis.
9. ABPS ANNUAL REPORT 2021: RSS Sarkaryavah Bhayya ji Joshi presented the annual report for 2020-21 to the ABPS. Following are some of its excerpts:
ABPS paid homage to several sangh karyakartas and prominent social figures who passed away during the year.
It is worth noting that he participated in the foundation Stone laying progmmme of Shri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on 5th August.
Special meetings with intellectuals were organized in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Coimbatore, wherein young women intellectuals also participated.
He met sants and seers like Pu. Swami Vishaprasannatirta ji Maharaj of Pejawar Math, Bengaluru, Pujya Shri Siddhalinga Swamiji of Siddhaganga Mutt, Tumkur, Karnataka etc.
Pu. Sarsanghachalak ji also met some eminent industrialists like: MD of Wadilal Industries Shri Rajesh Gandhi; MD of Amul Shri Rupinder Singh Sodhi; MD of TVS Motors Shri Venu Shrinivasan; Shri Ajay Piramal of Piramal groups and Padmashree Shri Shridhar Wembu of Zoho Technologies etc.
Special Programs
1) On 29th November, an online Lecture was delivered by Dr Mohan Bhagwat on the topic 'India's role in World Scenario'. 640 distinguished invitees from all over the country participated along with 365 Sangh Adhikaries.
2) Sarkaryavah Bhayya ji Joshi on 15 January addressed representatives of 219 NGO's who work at Local as well as International level.
3) 52 Editors of reputed dailies and anchors of news channels attended a meeting on 8th December addressed by Dr Mohan Bhagwat.
Gatividhi
Gramikas: Presently 340
Prabhat level villages and 1,360 Uday level villages along with 2,000 other
villages are engaged in cow based traditional organic farming. Social
transformation is seen in villages in the form of social amity, common water
source, common funeral site for everyone, and one Mandir for everyone.
Kutumba Prabodhan: Padmashree Ms. Nivedita Didi, Vice President of
Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, elaborated on the subject of “Yama-Niyam" in a
symposium organized to celebrate "International Yoga Day" on 21 June in which
around 65,000 families participated.
Several programs, mostly online were creatively held by all the prants and
shakhas to continue Sangh work with same zeal during the pandemic year.
Almost the entire year of 2020-21 was lost due to pandemic as far as
shakha activities were concerned.
Karyakartas switched to online mode and kept the shakha network active. Various
innovative programs were organized in all 44 prants across Bharat to maintain
the sangathan activity live. Below is a glimpse of some of these programs:
Kerala: To refresh the shakha activity after a gap during covid period,
sanchalans were held for Bal swayamsevaks in Keral. Sanchalan and shareerik
pradarshans (demonstrations) were held at 1107 circle centers. 22,335
Swayamsevaks participated in Sanchalan while 17,135 in demonstrations, 12,454 in
Yogasan, 6,411 in Niyuddh and 3,230 in Padavinyas. Other than these 39,000
Swayamsevaks were present at the programs. This resulted in an increase of
Vidyarthi Shakhas and the average attendance at Shakhas also went up.
Karnatak Dakshin: On 27th December ‘Swar-Samarpan’ annual Ghosh programme
was organized at Hosahalli village of Shimoga district wherein a 60 minute Ghosh
recitation was presented by Matturu Ghosh Kendra.
Konkan: 33 eminent citizens of Goa including Industrialists, Businessmen,
Government Officials participated in an informal gathering and interacted with
RSS Sarsanghachalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat during his pravas. In a similar meeting, 37
office bearers of 31 mandir management committees met Dr Bhagwat.
A survey of 200 5th and 6th class students for measuring loss of learning skills
in pandemic period was done in 5 districts of Navi Mumbai .
Malwa: ‘Akhand Bharat Sankalp Din-2020’ was observed between 1st to 15th
August in online mode. For this purpose teams of about 350 college students were
constituted in 28 districts. Total 1,29,830 students were provided with the
study material. 12,141 students participated in an online quiz competition.
42,828 volunteers participated in online Bouddhik Vargs. 57 participants were
trained in the 'Oratory Training Workshop'.
Chittod: An E–shibir named Appa Dipo Bhav for college students was held
from 1st May 5 am to 2nd May 5 pm. All the daily activities were performed as in
the actual shibir as much as possible. Daily activities included chores like
cleaning the house and other household work. Swayamsevaks discussed some topics
like, ideal Hindu household, Swadeshi and Sewa work of RSS with their family
members as well. Two E-books were given for reading as homework. Total 5,654
swayamsevaks participated from 1,287 places.
Delhi : 'Anubhuti- 2020' was planned from 7th to 14th November to contact
maximum people, from every household of all Sevabastis of Delhi and extend
Dipawali greetings to them. This was intended to imbibe a sense of Sewa among
the Swayamsevaks. 59,468 families from 958 Bastis were contacted and calendars
and lamps were gifted to them. During this Abhiyan, 10,617 men and women
volunteers in 2,352 teams visited Seva-Bastis .
Dakshin Bihar :For overall development of Yuva Karyakartas, a two day
online camp was arranged on 30-31 May 2020. 1,245 Karyakartas participated. They
were expected to follow all camp rules from their own homes. Topics for
discussion included 'Personal traits essential for a Social Leader’ and a
lecture on 'Role of Sangh in present world scenario' was delivered.
Odisha Paschim : An online competition of ‘Sangh Achar Vibhag’ was
arranged in the Prant for all Mukhya Shikshaks. Each one was expected to record
and upload a Video of 'Achar Vibhag' from his own residence. 180 Mukhya
Shikshaks participated. The Mukhya Shikshaks were active due to this event. -GoTop
10. PM VISITS TEMPLE IN BANGLADESH: Pradhan Mantri
Narendra Modi offered prayers at the centuries-old Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in
Shatkhira district of Bangladesh on 27th March.
The temple, located at a village called Ishwaripur bordering Bharat is a popular
destination for devotees on both sides of the border.
PM Modi received a traditional welcome at the temple where he was seen sitting
on the floor and offering prayers. He also placed a "hand-made Mukut (crown)" on
the Goddess, which is made of silver with gold plating and was crafted over
three weeks by a traditional artisan.
“I had the good fortune to visit this holy shrine and offer my prayers to Ma
Kali. I pray to the Mother that the world is freed soonest of the Covid
pandemic," he said after the visit.
The Jeshoreshwari Kali temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths, scattered across
Bharat and neighbouring countries. -GoTop
11. RSS SARSANGHCHALAK CALLS ON JAIN ACHARYA MAHASHRAMAN:
RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat called on Jain Shwetambar Acharya Sri
Mahashramanji at Dr. Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan on 26th March. He expressed his
happiness over the Jain Acharya visiting Dr. Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan and
addressing the swayamsevaks.
Next day morning the Jain Acharya and Dr Bhagwat addressed the gathering. Afterwards, the Jain Acharya visited Dr. Hedgewar’s ancestral house and RSS main office at Mahal. -GoTop
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Shri Vishwa Niketan:Pravas:
Dr Ram Vaidya sahsamyojak Vishwa Vibhag would leave Bharat for UK. Visitors: Ma
Dr Vinod Ambastha, Sai Patil—USA, Udhamsingh and family—Egypt
Food for Thought: All of
us must always keep in mind that strength lies in all of us getting together at
one place everyday. This strength (Samarthya) will remain in us only until we
meet at one place everyday and discuss our thoughts with each other opening our
hearts. —Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar -GoTop
JAI SHRI RAM
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AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA 2021 RESOLUTIONS - RESOLUTION 1
Construction of Mandir at Shri
Rama Janmbhoomi Manifestation of the innate strength of Bharat : The
unanimous verdict on Shri Ram Janmbhoomi by the honorable Supreme Court followed
by the formation of a public trust “Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra” for the
construction of the Shri Ram mandir, the sacred ritual for commencing the grand
mandir construction, and the Nidhi Samarpan campaign have become a golden page
in the history of Bharat that shall also inspire generations to come.
The ABPS is of the considered opinion that through the aforesaid program the
intrinsic strength of Bharat has been envigorated and these programs became the
unique symbol of spiritual awakening, national integration, social harmony,
goodwill and dedication.
Starting with the contribution from the first citizen Honorable President of Bharat, and from Bhagwan Valmikimandir in Dehli on the auspicious day of makarasankranti, the 44-day-long “Nidhi Samparn Abhiyan” has indeed been the biggest outreach campaign in the history of world. Over 12 crores of Rambhakt families from about 5.5 lakh cities and villages have contributed to the construction of the grand mandir. All the sections and sects of the society overwhelmingly participated in this campaign. People from rural, urban to forest and hilly areas, from rich to ordinary people contributed wholeheartedly to make this campaign a success. The ABPS congratulates all Rambhakts for this unparalleled enthusiasm and support.
This campaign has proved once again that the entire country is always connected emotively with Shri Ram. The ABPS appeals to all Ram bhakts including social and religious institutions, educationists and intellectuals of the country to make meaningful efforts so that Shri Ram’s ideals permeate through the society. Along with the construction of the grand mandir at the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi in Ayodhya, the social and national life inspired by the values of Shri Ram will be established through collective resolve and efforts. This willpave the way for building a strong and glorious Bharat which in turn will ensure the wellbeing of the whole world. -GoTop
AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA 2021 RESOLUTIONS - RESOLUTION 2
Bharat stands as ‘One’ against
Covid -19 Pandemic: The ABPS of RSS wishes to recognize and put on record
the exemplary, collective and comprehensive response of Bharatiya society to the
global pandemic Covid-19 and heartily appreciates the role played by every
section of the society in containing the ill effects of the pandemic.
As the news of the pandemic and its devastating nature started trickling in, the
government and administrative machinery both at center and in the states swung
into action. To educate the masses about the nature of the disease and necessary
precautions, a massive countrywide exercise of public dissemination was
undertaken using various creative means supported by positive approach of media
with the effect that the entire country responded collectively to all the
stipulated regulations that averted the worst case scenario predicted in the
beginning. The medical workers including Doctors, nurses, paramedics, and
sanitation workers rose to the occasion in Corona testing and treating the
patients, even facing threat to their life. All other sections of the society
like security forces, government functionaries, essential services, financial
institutions and many others in organized and unorganized sectors kept the
wheels of daily life rolling almost uninterrupted throughout the country in this
trying period. All these efforts and the coordinated exercises from various
governmental departments like ‘Shramik trains’, ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ and
current vaccination drive are praiseworthy.
Bharatiya society as a whole has written a new saga of service, compassion and societal oneness by extending assistance viz.rations, cooked food, medical help, transportation, monetary assistance etc to millions of those who suffered due to the sudden unexpected turn of events. Various religious, social, voluntary organizations and the common citizenshave rushed to the doorsteps of the needy and gave necessary support to them. The ABPS wishes to express high appreciation to all such organizations and individuals for their selfless and benevolent acts during this period.
In the hard times of Covid breakout and subsequent lockdown, a large section of the society like migrant workers had to cope up with a lot of hardships and challenges. However our society confronted all the odds and looming uncertainty with their commendable resilience and remarkable endurance.
The situation in the rural areas remained under control despite the dire projections made due to the lack of healthcare facilities and the migrations from cities. In fact, the care and management of the inbound people from cities by the local populace is worthy of admiration.
The agriculture produce was more than usual during this time and the industrial and overall economic scene is also showing encouraging signs. We could also turn this distress into an opportunity with industrial innovations in manufacturing ventilators, PPE kits, developing techniques for Corona testing and quick affordable indigenous Covid vaccine. This has revealed the innate resilience and ingenuity of the society in the face of hardships.
From start of this worldwide crisis, Bharat lived to the axiom of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and extended its helping hand to various countries by distributing Hydroxychloroquine and other essential items, andlater on vaccine to large number of countries by our “Vaccine-Maitri” campaign. Bharat’s timely acts of international cooperation were appreciated by many leaders and countries of the world.
The pandemic also made us realize the power and potential of our holistic worldview, age old traditions and decentralized rural economic system. Many of our day to day habits and customs based on traditional value system, the quality time spent with family, healthy life style based on restrained consumption, practising of traditional food habits and medicine for boosting immunity and prevention of the disease, positive effect of Yoga and meditation proved beneficial during this period. Bharat’s integrated approach and its use in daily life has been endorsed by many experts world over.
The ABPS is confident that the Bharatiya society will overcome the ill effects of this pandemic, with continued grit and determination and thereby regain normal living in near future. We all have to keep in mind that the society has not yet been come out of the Corona crisis. Against this backdrop, the people must strictly adhere to the necessary Covid protocol and guidelines to contain the pandemic. The ABPS calls upon society that the lessons learnt during the times of this pandemic need to be imbibed in our individual and societal life by adapting to a healthy family system, sustainable consumption, environment protection and also by inculcatingspirit of self-reliance and ‘Swadeshi’ in our lives. -GoTop
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